The Fall and Rise of Adolf Meyer's Psychogenic Etiology of Dementia Praecox (Schizophrenia)

1903–1910 And Beyond

Bibliographic Data

ID10518205
AuthorsJordan Devylder (0000-0001-5873-4582, Columbia University, corresponding author), Jordan E DeVylder
Year2013
Volume83
Issue1
Pages2-17
Publication date2013-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSmith College Studies in Social Work (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0037-7317 • E-ISSN: 1553-0426
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00377317.2013.746919
OpenAlexW2087576395
LanguageEN
References cited47

Schizophrenia etiology has been variably attributed to biological, psychodynamic, or ecological factors. Adolf Meyer (1866–1950) Riese, W. 1951. Adolf Meyer (1866–1950). Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 113: 89–91. [Crossref], [PubMed], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar] pioneered a psychogenic model of schizophrenia etiology that waned in popularity as biomedical and Freudian theories became dominant. With the increasing acceptance of the role of social factors in the onset of psychosis comes the renewed relevance of Meyer's theories. This article describes the psychogenic theory of schizophrenia etiology, as expressed by Meyer through a series of papers from 1903 to 1910, in the context of contemporaneous theories. The importance of Meyer's psychogenic theory as the forerunner to current psychosocial theories of psychopathology is discussed

Context (archaeology · Dementia praecox · Etiology · Psychiatry · Psychoanalysis · Psychodynamics · Psychogenic disease · Psychotherapist · Schizophrenia (object-oriented programming · History · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Neurology and Historical Studies · Psychology · Schizophrenia research and treatment

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